Walking toy



March 29, 1938'. J, A LEMCK 2,112,780

WALKING TOY Filed Sept. v30, 1936 Jfgg.

failli/1111111117 ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 29, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to walking toys and has for an object to provide a toy made in the semblance of a human iigure in which the legs are caused to move in a manner o-f walking when the toy is pushed along a oor, side walk or the like.

A further object is to provide a toy in which the legs are connected to the body for pivotal and upward and downward mo-vement, these movements being imparted to the legs through the medium of novel pins carried by the legs and moving around novel dogs pivoted on the body.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacricing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification,

Figure l is a side elevation of a toy constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the toy taken on the side opposite to that of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section taken on the line 3 3 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrowheads.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawing in which like i characters of reference designate similar parts in the various views, I designates the body of the toy, the same being made in the semblance of a human gure. A pair of legs II and I2 are mounted on opposite sides of the body through the instrumentality of respective pins I3 and I4 passed through the legs, and equipped with heads I5 and I6 which enter keyhole slots I1 and I8 formed in the body. The legs are thus pivotally connected to the body for up and down movement.

For imparting this movement to the legs arcuate shaped dogs I9 and 2li are pivoted eccentrically on a pin 2l carried by the body. The dogs are disposed in respective cam slots 22 which are of a general triangular shape, as best shown in Figure 2. Pins 23 and 24 are passed through the legs and into the cam slots. These pins bear upon the dogs and travel around the dogs, tilting movement of the dogs during such travel pre.-

Venting retrograde movement of the pins when they arrive at the limits of their travel.

The legs are pulled forward by the tension of respective springs 25 and 26 which are connected at one end to a common pin 21, shown best in 5 Figure 4, and have their opposite ends secured to respective legs by staples 28 and 29.

In operation'assuming that the legs II and I2 are in the position shown in Figure l in which the leg I I is about to contact with the iioor or other lo support, while the leg I2 is about to leave the oor or support, as the toy is propelled forward by a handle 30 on the body I0, the leg I I will contact with the floor, as best shown in Figure 2, while the leg I2 will be lifted by its. pin 24 riding 15 on the associated cam slot and immediately will be drawn forward by its controlling spring 26, as shown by the arrowhead in Figure 2. This operation is continued indefinitely with rst one leg and then the other leg being raised and swung 20 forwardly in the manner of walking.

From the above description it is thought that the construction and operation of the invention will be fully understood without further explanation. 25

What is claimed is: v

l. A walking toy simulating a human being comprising a body, legs connected to the body for pivotal and upward and downward movements with relation to the body, pins carried by the legs, pivoted dogs carried by the body and around which the pins move to impart movement to the legs, and tension springs connected to the body and to the legs, the pins and dogs controlling up and down movement of the legs and the tension of said springs pulling the legs forward.

2. A walking toy comprising a body, keyhole slots in the body, pivots on. the legs engaged in the slots and connecting the legs to the body for pivotal and upward and downward movements with relation to thebody, pins carried by the legs, there being cam slots in the body, dogs pivotally supported between their ends in the slots, the pins engaging the walls of the slots and moving around said dogs to control up and down movement of the legs, and springs connected to the legs and to the body and pulling the legs forward.

JOE ARTHUR LEPICK. 

